The woman, whom MLive is not identifying because of safety concerns, was one of three witnesses to testify Wednesday, May 22, that Solomon and Hudson were speaking in the Birch Park housing community May 9 when Hudson was shot in the stomach.

The witnesses' testimony came during Solomon's preliminary hearing before Saginaw County Chief District Judge M. Randall Jurrens. Based on the testimony, Jurrens found that probable cause existed for Solomon, 21, to stand trial in Circuit Court on seven felonies, including assault with intent to murder.

Hudson, 25, was visiting the complex, off Hess on Saginaw's southeast side, with two others about 2:45 p.m. when Solomon, riding a bicycle, began circling the van in which Hudson was sitting, the van's driver testified.

Keith K. Solomon Jr.

Solomon stopped to go speak with two other men who had just arrived at the complex, the driver testified. Hudson recognized one of the men and walked over to them and shook the man's hand, the driver testified.

When Hudson began walking back to the van, Solomon followed, the woman testified. When Hudson realized Solomon was following him, he turned around and put his fists up to defend himself and told Solomon he didn't want to fight him, she said.

As the men stood close to the van, Solomon said, “You ain't going to knock me out like you did my cousin,” the driver testified. Solomon pulled a black handgun from his waistband and then shot Hudson, said the driver, who transported Hudson to the hospital.

"He shot him and he ran," the driver said.

Hudson's sister, who lives in Birch Park, testified that she was watching her son and daughter play in the park inside the complex when she saw her brother and Solomon talking. She said that while she heard that Hudson and Solomon had fought on a previous date, she didn't know what he looked like. If she knew her brother was talking to Solomon, she testified, she would have encouraged her brother to walk away.

She testified that doctors told her and her family that Hudson was “an inch away from dying.” Hudson remains hospitalized.

Solomon's attorney, Andrea Lebean, argued that Solomon should not be bound over for trial because Hudson did not testify and because the witnesses lacked credibility. Saginaw County Assistant Prosecutor Demond Tibbs argued that Hudson's presence was not required for the hearing because he only needed to show probable cause that Solomon shot Hudson.

Solomon, who last lived at 385 Canterbury off Gratiot west of Golfview in Saginaw Township, also is charged with possessing a firearm as a felon, carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent, carrying a concealed weapon, and three counts of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony-second offense.

The assault charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, while the second-offense felony firearm charge carries a mandatory, consecutive five-year prison sentence.